Bone-rattling ride: No end to trauma on home stretch

Lucknow: More than 50 families living in and around

Surendranagar

near new high court campus are having a tough time for the past two months for just even entering their houses. As the District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) laying sewer pipeline network in the area, the roads are dug up.

A TOI reality check found that even roads leading to houses were unusable. While people agree that the development work will improve civic amenities, they complained that construction should have been carried out in an orderly and planned manner. Most of them said that they have been confined to their houses because their entrance road is dug up. Some cannot even park their vehicles outside their homes.

According to DUDA officials, the development agency had hired a private agency to lay a network of sewage pipeline in the area and build a permanent road network. Officials said the work started in October and was slated to complete by November-end, but stopped midway due to lack of funds. Now, work has resumed and would be complete by December-end.

“The work is being conducted to overcome the situation of waterlogging. However, we are facing a lot of trouble to get our vehicles inside. The workers should have first installed the pipelines in and around the area before damaging our house slope,” said Brijesh Singh, a resident.

Avinash Tiwari said, “The contractor should have made some temporary arrangements before removing the slopes in front of our houses. We are using wooden planks to move in and out from our houses. We also have to be extra cautious for kids and senior citizens, as they might get injured.”

Mohammad Faiq added, “The suspension of my vehicle is taking a heavy toll while riding on these pathetic roads. Construction work has been going on for more than two months. ”

DUDA project manager Arvind Singh said, “The repair work was halted for some reasons, but directives have been given to the private agency to complete the work within the next 10 days.”